Placement Papers: DRDO Paper on 12th Sept 2008Tab.Amp

Who among the following has awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano world press freedom award for 2008?

Anna Politkovskaya

Amira Hass

Raul Rivero

Lydia Cacho Rebeiro

None of these

The present Governor of Bihar is

R. L. Bhatia

R. S. Gavai

Buta Singh

S. S. Sidhu

None of these

India test-fired Nuclear Capable Agni III on May 7, 2008 for

Fourth time

Second time

Third time

Fifth time

None of these

Tenth century coins have been found from the city of

Guwahati

Bareily

Khandwa

Ranchi

None of these

The cyclone which struck Myanmar in May 2008 was

Willy-willy

Nargis

Fanoos

Nasim

None of these

The number of children, who are deprived of basic healthcare in India, as per the report state of the World's Mothers brought out by global humanitarian organization save the children'is

60 million

50 million

67 million

55 million

None of these

The country where the system of two Supreme Courts has been proposed is

Pakistan

Nepal

Sri Lanka

Bhutan

None of these

Which of the following is not a member of the NATO?

Austria

Poland

Hungary

Spain

None of these

Who became Britain's first Asian woman Lord Mayor?

Rekha Rani

Anjula Sood

Reshma Shah

Kavita Sahni

None of these

The newly elected President of Paragury is

Fernando De Silva

Fernando Lugo

Fernando Silvio

Fernando Dominique

None of these

Silvio Berlusconi was recently elected to the post of Prime Ministership of Italy. He belongs to

Italian Nationalist Party

The Patriotic Alliance

People's Party of Italy

People of Freedom Party

None of these

PLA stands for

Party of Leninist Association

People's Liberation Army

People for Liberal Alliance

People for Left Alliance

None of these

The number of African countries which attended the recently concluded India-Africa Forum Summit is

14

15

16

17

None of these

According to a recent survey which of India's states has topped in rural electrification?

Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu

Rajasthan

Karnataka

None of these

Simran Kaur Mundi has been chosen

Miss India Earth 2008

Miss India Universe 2008

Miss India World 2008

None of the above

None of these

Which one of the following won Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2007?

Olafur Ragnar

Javed Akhtar

Luiz Lula da Silva

The Milinda and Gates Foundation

None of these

The book Unaccustommed Earth is written by

PM Nayyar

Shobha De

Jhumpi Lahiri

None of these

None of these

The 2008 Edition of Wisden Cricketers'Almanack-Crickets major annual reference work has named The Leading Cricketer of the World for 2007

Mc Grath

Jacques Kallis

Ricky Ponting

Sachin Tendulkar

None of these

India ranks in foreign exchange forex reserve.

Third

Second

Fifth

Fourth

None of these

Raghuram Rajan Committee is related to

Austerity in government expenditure

Study of causes of rising prices

Financial sector reforms

Export-import balance

None of these

The International Monetary Fund has estimated India's contribution to World Gross Domestic Product in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms for 2007 to

4.6%

6.4%

7.1%

3.9%

None of these

According to data released by the Ministry of Finance, currently the per capita debt on each of the roughly 110 crore Indians stands at

Rs. 71502

Rs. 7218

Rs. 10550

Rs. 6103

None of these

Which one of the three single cross improved hybrids of maize has not been developed and recommended for an All India level use by Chaudhry Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University?

HPM-6

HM-8

HM-10

HQPM-7

None of these

US has decided to remove from its list of states sponsoring terrorism.

Cuba

Iraq

North Korea

Libya

None of these

In the year 2006 − 07 India received Foreign Direct Investment Worth

$25 billion

$24.5 billion

$26.25 billion

20.5 billion

None of these

For the first time, the T. V. Cameras and print cameramen were allowed to record proceedings of the Lok Adalats dispensing justice on

May 3, 2008

May 5, 2008

May 7, 2008

May 4, 2008

None of these

As a part of the partial solution to the world's energy crisis, the scientists of which of the following countries are building a nuclear fusion laboratory designed to recreate the temperatures and pressure of an exploding star?

U. K.

U. S. A.

Australia

France

None of these

Recently, a fatal disease broke out in China infecting thousands of children and causing death of some of them. The disease was

Bird flu

Filariasis

Hand, mouth and foot disease

Chicken pox

None of these

Two Indian doctors from Kolhapur have achieved a path breaking success in the research of

Genetics

Stem cell

New protein structure

Habit pattern of different people

None of these

Apart from ISRO, three other agencies/institutions were also involved in the execution of PSLV-C9. Which of the following was not involved?

DRDO

Antrix Corporation

Cosmos International Germany

University of Toronto, Canada

None of these

The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, slated to begin in 2009 was conceptualised first in

1991

1989

1985

1993

None of these

In addition to Kolkata and Delhi, the Union Government plans to start Metro rail service in four more cities. Which of the following is not included in the plan?

Kochi

Hyderabad

Pune

Chennai

None of these

President Pratibha Patil recently visited Chile, Brazil and Mexico. During her trip, with which of the following countries did India sign an extradition treaty

Brazil

Chile

Mexico

None of these

None of these

President Pratibha Patil recently visited Chile, Brazil and Mexico. During her trip, with which of the following countries did India sign an extradition treaty

Brazil

Chile

Mexico

None of these

None of these

The winner of the 2008 Wimbledon Open Tennis Tournament men's single title is-